Monthly Archives: Febbraio 2018
China : Didi Chuxing to Scout Israel for Investments
Didi Chuxing to Scout Israel for Investments
A senior delegation from the Chinese ridesharing company will arrive for a one week visit in the country mid-March
A senior delegation from Chinese ridesharing company Didi Chuxing will...
Israeli team says new test takes uncertainty out of prostate cancer screening
CellDetect manages to accurately screen for disease, solving problem of current test which sometimes shows cancer where there is none, makers say
Scientists at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot say they are a step...
New Android malware record voice calls for extortion & blackmailing
Another day, another Android malware – This time IT security researchers have discovered a malware which aims at stealing personal data from Android devices, recording live calls and surrounding noises in order to blackmail the...
Cancer metastasis: Cell polarity matters
It's not only the number of migrating cancer cells that determines the risk for metastasis, but also their characteristics, scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) report in Nature Communications.
For circulating cancer cells...
February 28 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most dramatic and important...
Operation Gunnerside: The Norwegian Attack on Heavy Water That Deprived the Nazis of the Atomic Bomb
After handing them their suicide capsules, Norwegian Royal Army Colonel Leif Tronstad informed his soldiers, “I cannot tell you...
New research suggests sonic weapon not likely in Cuban embassy employee illnesses
Heated charges have flown back and forth for months between the two countries that bracket the Strait of Florida. U.S. State Department officials contended Cuba staged a sonic attack on employees of the American...
Layered oxides for rechargeable zinc batteries
Layered oxides can form the basis of high-performance materials for battery electrodes. A KAUST team has developed a cheap and simple technique that creates this crucial element for rechargeable zinc-ion cells.
Lithium-ion batteries power most...
Gut-Brain Communication Demonstrates How Organs Can Work to Regulate Lifespan
Cells and tissues continuously use information from our environments—and from each other—to actively coordinate the aging process.
A new study from the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute now reveals how some of that...
Researchers Recommend Checking Offenders For History of Head Injuries
When a person enters the justice system, there is an “opportunity” to screen them for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), which could help to better support their medical needs.
TBI is linked to greater violence and...
Magic Mushrooms : Researchers investigate the evolutionary development of psilocybin in some mushrooms
Psychedelic mushrooms likely developed their “magical” properties to trip up fungi-munching insects, suggests new research.
The work helps explain a biological mystery and could open scientific doors to studies of novel treatments for neurological disease,...
Super-resolution microscopy in both space and time
Super-resolution microscopy is a technique that can "see" beyond the diffraction of light, providing unprecedented views of cells and their interior structures and organelles.
The technique has garnered increasing interest recently, especially since its developers...
New structure discovered in human sperm tails
A highly effective tail is needed in order for a sperm to be able to swim, and for a baby to be conceived.
By using cryo-electron tomography, researchers at the University of Gothenburg -- working...
Hidden secret of immortality enzyme telomerase
Can we stay young forever, or even recapture lost youth?
Research from the laboratory of Professor Julian Chen in the School of Molecular Sciences at Arizona State University recently uncovered a crucial step in the...
Memcached Servers Abused for Massive Amplification DDoS Attacks
Cybercriminals have figured out a way to abuse widely-used Memcached servers to launch over 51,000 times powerful DDoS attacks than their original strength, which could result in knocking down of major websites and Internet infrastructure.
In recent...
iTunes will no longer work on old PCs & 1st Generation Apple TV
iTunes will stop working on millions of devices as of May 25, 2018. This Monday, 26 February, Apple announced that it will terminate music store support for Windows XP and Vista computers.
Another product that...
